⁸ Keep to a path far from her,^(A)
    do not go near the door of her house,
⁹ lest you lose your honor to others
    and your dignity^[a] to one who is cruel,
¹⁰ lest strangers feast on your wealth
    and your toil enrich the house of another.^(B)
11 At the end of your life you will groan,
    when your flesh and body are spent.

³² But a man who commits adultery^(A) has no sense;^(B)
    whoever does so destroys himself.
³³ Blows and disgrace are his lot,
    and his shame will never^(C) be wiped away.

²⁶ I find more bitter than death
    the woman who is a snare,^(A)
whose heart is a trap
    and whose hands are chains.
The man who pleases God will escape her,
    but the sinner she will ensnare.^(B)